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A Masterpiece of Satire on Hellâs Latest Novelties and Heavenâs Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewisâs The Screwtape Letters has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the unique vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to âOur Father Below.â At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the wordly-wise devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man. The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging account of temptationâand triumph over itâever written.
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MAGA Is Not as United as You Think
Iâve been fascinated by the problem Donald Trump faces with Project 2025. Trump has been caught in an awkward position, disavowing the document itself, but unable to fully disavow the people behind it. So I wanted to do an episode not just on Trump, but on the unwieldy coalition that has formed around him â what is sometimes referred to as the âNew Right.â
Emily Jashinsky is the D.C. correspondent and host of âUndercurrentsâ for UnHerd, a co-host of âCounter Pointsâ with Ryan Grim, and a former editor at The Federalist, one of the most influential sites among conservatives today. Sheâs described herself as someone with âa foot in both campsâ of the âOld Rightâ and the âNew Right.â So I thought sheâd be a great guide to understanding how the conservative movement has changed.
In this conversation, we discuss the key differences between the Old Right and the New Right; what the New Right wants; why New Right thinkers are so interested in the concepts of âmodernityâ and âvirtueâ; and what influence the New Right might have in a second Trump administration.
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